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J.P. Messervey
Fonds · 1939-1975
Fonds consists of colour slides of Nova Scotia places (both urban and rural), street parades, mines and oil drilling rigs (1944-ca.1975); a few photographic negatives of Saint John, New Brunswick and the Joe Howe parade in Halifax (1975), and staff of the Department of Mines (1947); a set of 16 film strips (photographic negative) of “Mining Methods” by Messervey, likely used by him in teaching mining (no date); and 3 film reels. Two of the film reels were produced by Messervey for the Department, the first “Mine Rope Tester” (2 minutes) shows a man operating a machine (ca.1950s), and the second one “Spring Tonic” (11 minutes) shows a fishing trip at Tangier Grand Lake (ca. late 1940s) created as a promotion to tourists. It includes captions for the silent scenes and gives the names of the hunters and cameramen at the end. The third reel is of the Royal Visit of George VI and Elizabeth “the Queen Mom” of United Kingdom (5 minutes) showing decorated Halifax streets, the royal party’s arrival at Halifax Citadel grounds with crowds around and ends with the royal steam ship leaving Halifax Harbour (1939).
Earl Bailly
Fonds · circa 1890-1976
Fonds consists of business correspondence from supporters, art dealers and clients (1924-1970); news clippings on Earl Bailly’s career as an artist (1927-1973); manuscript and published versions of his autobiography “Earl Bailly: His Trials and Triumphs” and other essays (ca.1950-1957); and many photographs of Earl throughout his life, including portraits by Bob Brooks, Robert Norwood, and the National Film Board, among others (ca.1920s-1976). Fonds also includes photographs of his painting exhibits and of clients with their painting, Earl and his brother Donald “Don” Bailly travelling around Nova Scotia (1930s) and in the United States (1939-ca.1950s), studio portraits and snap shots of family members (ca.1890s-ca.1970s) and the sailing ship schooner BLUENOSE and its crew (ca1930s). Fonds also includes exhibition programs and catalogs (1934-1971), audio recordings of radio interviews Earl did with John Fisher and with James MacLeod (1951-1952) and a box of note cards featuring his art. The fonds documents the artistic career of a Nova Scotia folk artist and the life of a disabled person in the first three-quarters of the 20th century.
Watson Smith family
Fonds · 1892 - 2001
Fonds consists of correspondence (1928-2001), diaries (1892-1893, 1900-1980 with gaps), notebooks (1940-1944) and photographs (ca1894-2001) documenting rural life in early 20th century Shubenacadie, as well as the experiences of Harry Smith while stationed at a Royal Canadian Air Force base in England during the Second World War. Most correspondence files relate to Harry Smith, and include letters he wrote to his mom, dad and sister while serving overseas, letters Harry received from friends during and after the War, and letters Harry wrote to his brother Cullen’s son Donne in the 1990s. Some correspondence files are of Cullen and Gwen Smith to their son Donne (1963-1977). The diaries were kept daily by Watson Smith (1900, 1942-1945, 1949-1951) giving short entries on the weather, jobs being done by different members of family, and whether business was slow or brisk that day; sporadic entries by Cullen (1927, 1958, 1975-1976, 1980) on the weather and visits from family and friends; and daily entries by Jeanetta for all of 1949, and first six months of 1966 on her daily housework, cooking, church attendance and family members’ activities and illnesses. There is also one diary with cryptic one or two-line entries from Thomas B. Lynch, an ancestor of Cullen’s wife Gwen (1892-1893). The notebooks were written by Harry during WWII and contain technical information on airplanes, names of maintenance crews and pilots, and statistics for their Squadron, as well as jokes, short stories, and comments from bicycling around England on his days off. Most photographs were taken by Harry and depict pilots, officers and soldiers on and off duty, airplanes, Harry’s accommodations and bicycle while in the United Kingdom. Other photographs include family and places in Shubenacadie such as the family store, churches, and the war monument, Harry’s machine-building projects, and the former Halifax Airport on Chebucto Road.
Canadian Association of University Teachers
Fonds · 1937-1979
Fonds consists of various minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, constitutions, reports. correspondence, financial statements, and memorandums.
Nova Scotia Physiotherapy Association
Fonds · 1958-1997
Fonds consists of copies of the published Register of Physiotherapists issued by the Nova Scotia College of Physiotherapists (1977-1997), the annual reports of the College (1992-1997), newsletters issued by the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (1977-1997), minutes of the annual meetings of the Nova Scotia Branch (1979-1997), and its executive committee (1991-1992), materials relating to Physiotherapy Week (1995-1997), briefs submitted by the association and its predecessors to government commissions of inquiry or consultations (1958-1993), materials related to annual meetings of the national association held in Halifax in 1969 and 1982 as well as annual reports of the national association (1986-1994) , some conference programs (1988, 1990, 1991, 1993) and salary scale information collected by the association (1996-1988).
Helicopter Controller’s Logbook of LCDR Leonard Forrest
Item · 1964
This volume contains information about a helicopter flight, including make and model, task performed, duration, and flight comments. The volume also includes blank certification forms for helicopter control courses.
Department of National Defence Pilots Log Book of Lcdr. Hilliard
Item · 1961-12-01 - 1965-03-09
In the second volume of Lcdr Hillard's logbook, it is shown that he was stationed at CFB Shearwater and flew CS2F Trackers for 880 Squadron. The logbook contains records of his flights, three stores transfer vouchers, co-pilots, and a list of exercises he participated in. Additionally, Lcdr Hillard spent time on board H.M.C.S Margaree and H.M.C.S Saskatchewan. He accumulated a total of 3085 hours of flying time. He was appointed as a Naval Cadet RCN. He served in Royal Roads (RCNC) (Cadet Captain). He was appointed as a Midshipman RCN (With seniority dated 05/07/1945). He served with the Royal Navy for training 1945. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 03/11/1947). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 03/11/1947). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 20/05/1949). He served in H.M.S. Excellent for RN Long Gunnery Course 1954. He served in HMCS Shearwater For Gunnery Duties 1956. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (P) (G) RCN (With seniority dated 20/05/1957). He served in HMCS Bonaventure for VS-880 Squadron 1959. He served in HMCS Saskatchewan. He served in HMCS Oriole (In command) 1967-69. SAM.2005.115.1b